Frankie Darro headlines this story of oil men trying to bring in a well and the money man who doesn't want it to happen so that the oil field owner will default and he can take over. A good but unremarkable little drama, the film suffers from being similar to several other oil field films made about the same time. Forgive me if I don't rattle off names, but they are a clumpy lot with plots that play out about the same in each one (I mean somewhere in all of these films there has to be deadly sabotage/accident that spurs everyone on.) Half way into the brief, it runs under an hour, film I was wondering why I was seeing this to the end since I was pretty much two steps ahead of what was happening on screen. In all fairness if you haven't seen many oil field films this is worth it. I would also suggest that if you do pick this up that you see if you can get it as part of one of the multi-film packs that are out there since this isn't a strong enough film to pay for on its own.
Review of Black Gold
Black Gold
(1936)
Okay, but too much like many similar films from the same period
1 December 2009
Warning: Spoilers